John Legend & The Roots – Shine
The second single off John Legend & The Roots’ Wake Up! I know what you’re thinking, if this was really the second single, where’s the custom-made artwork to go along with it or the big name website to premiere something from these two high-profile acts… *shrug* I don’t ask too many questions.
John Legend & The Roots – Shine
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The album drops in 2 weeks and this is the only song that isn’t a remake on there. Props to Perajok
Previously: John Legend & The Roots feat. Common & Melanie Fiona – Wake Up Everybody (Video) | MP3
September 7th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
Huh….
I thought dis came (PAWS) out months ago…
September 7th, 2010 at 12:53 pm
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# hl Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 12:51 pm
DBlock hates 1994
# Remixznflow Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 12:51 pm
^ LOL @ this nigga WON’T stop.
^hes on them “cigarettes” you hear me?
——————-
^ *dead*
September 7th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
DBlock hates 1994
^
Lmao
September 7th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Jay > Big
Just wanna get that out the way.
September 7th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
*shits on eskay sofa*
September 7th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
rap was way better before no homo…
whos to blame for that shit…
busta rhymes was sayin “i make sure everything remains raw” back in the day…
that would be ayo’d like a mufucka…
cant do that shit anymore… sad…
September 7th, 2010 at 12:56 pm
# D_Block_4_Life Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Jay > Big
Just wanna get that out the way.
^only because his life was cut short… nothing more nothing less
R.I.P.
September 7th, 2010 at 12:56 pm
“I’m in a zone. Fuck it. I’ma do a mixtape,” wrote the Roc Nation signee on his Twitter account (@JColeNC).
^
I ain’t mad at this one bit. His last mixtape was one of my fav mixtapes in recent years.
September 7th, 2010 at 12:56 pm
DBlock hates 1994
——
Cuz the girls he “dates” wasn’t born yet…..
September 7th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
Heroin Headliner Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 12:56 pm
DBlock hates 1994
——
Cuz the girls he “dates” wasn’t born yet…..
^^^
ohhhhhh shit
September 7th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
^^^
ohhhhhh shit
^
oh ooo ohohooo oooooooooooooooooo
September 7th, 2010 at 12:59 pm
# D_Block_4_Life Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
^^^
ohhhhhh shit
^
oh ooo ohohooo oooooooooooooooooo
^
*chuckles*
September 7th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
TCQ – 1nce again>>>>>>>>>
September 7th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
# D_Block_4_Life Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Jay > Big
^^
I mean, real rap, Nas is the best writer. BIG had the most raw talent. And Pac was the most influential. But CamelGoat earned the title of #1. He EARNED it. Dropping an album every year? Unprecedented for a rapper of his caliber, still. He truly is the MJ of rap. He made himself the best thru sheer willpower. I gotta acknowledge and respect that.
September 7th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
making money, cuz I’m in the tribe
Rawse knows, so he subscribed
September 7th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
b-ease Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 12:53 pm
^coincidentally, another LP, that at times, sounds dated as fuck.
^^
Some of it does.
^
thx
September 7th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
b-ease Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
# D_Block_4_Life Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Jay > Big
^^
I mean, real rap, Nas is the best writer. BIG had the most raw talent. And Pac was the most influential. But CamelGoat earned the title of #1. He EARNED it. Dropping an album every year? Unprecedented for a rapper of his caliber, still. He truly is the MJ of rap. He made himself the best thru sheer willpower. I gotta acknowledge and respect that.
^^^
so your sayingbest OVERALL,
i cant co-sign, but that debate BEEN had multiple times
Hov got some shit, as in, crap. but so does everyone. i think in the end, it’s preference.
September 7th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
# b-ease Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
# D_Block_4_Life Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Jay > Big
^^
I mean, real rap, Nas is the best writer. BIG had the most raw talent. And Pac was the most influential. But CamelGoat earned the title of #1. He EARNED it. Dropping an album every year? Unprecedented for a rapper of his caliber, still. He truly is the MJ of rap. He made himself the best thru sheer willpower. I gotta acknowledge and respect that.
^
but they aint hearin you…
September 7th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Say u wouldn’t sleep in that… Wake up and do it all over again..
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i55.tinypic.com/723k7r.jpg
September 7th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
Dropping an album every year? Unprecedented for a rapper of his caliber, still.
^what?!? for real?!?
September 7th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Oh and how can i forget:
Jay > Nas
*ninja-harlem-shake-vanish-backflip*
September 7th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Dewill Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Say u wouldn’t sleep in that… Wake up and do it all over again..
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i53.tinypic.com/3531pu0.jpg
i55.tinypic.com/723k7r.jpg
^^^
not until she cleaned that skeet i put on her chest off.
then yes
wonder how it looks bent over from behind
September 7th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
JihaD Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
b-ease Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 12:49 pm
I wonder why so many rappers are still doing Illmatic tributes in 2010.
^^
Because it had a bearing on their current art. Which is a testament to that album. But it’s also telling that nobody would dare rap over Suicidal Thoughts, Unbelievable, or Doggy Dog World.
^^
I don’t think anybody could match The Dogg Pounds charisma and overall content on Doggy Dogg World, but 50 has touched both Unbelievable and Suicidal Thoughts, with his interpolation of Suicidal thoughts coming as recently as 2009 (Forever King).
I do agree with you about RTD though, with the caveat being two songs in particular- Juicy and Big Poppa. Those songs stand out like sore thumbs on that album, but in a way they are where music headed following the release of Illmatic– to the point that even Nasir followed that lane once we saw the accolades (and money!) that Big got.
JihaD
September 7th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Jay is the MJ of rap.
complete with the lackluster post retirement career.
AG is pretty dope though. LOL.
*blank stare @ nothing*
September 7th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
BIG > Jay
by far
September 7th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
FML… This Tinypic shit aint workin… sorry… LOL
September 7th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
# Big_seth Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Jay is the MJ of rap.
complete with the lackluster post retirement career.
AG is pretty dope though. LOL.
*blank stare @ nothing*
^
kanye west is wack.. worst artist of all time…
*daps Seth*
September 7th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
cOLD Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
biggie said on wax some ill shit. Nas green lighted him.
^^
But Biggie (or Puffy) saw something Nas didnt, which is why Ready to Die dominated that year. And that was the applying of said illness to “commercial” tracks. Taking the then current West Coast recipe of banging beats with mic charisma, and melding it with the East Coast trend of having the best wordplay. Nas didnt understand that till It Was Written.
^ ok I agree, that was the brain child of puff, but still they piggybacked off Nas unconventional, no holds bar approach…
——-
biggie didnt say ill shit really, big was all about delivery…he revolutionized the art of emceeing.
^ biggie said he wanted to kill his mother on a song b. If that aint ILL, dont know what is.
Dude said bitch was so bad he’d suck on her daddys dick. Now as homo as that is…. NO argument its an ill statment. ILLness was the way to go after illmatic dropped, trust. Now Jay z decided he could be ILL and kill ‘em with clever wit too.
September 7th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
BIG > Jay
by far
^^^
true but Nas over all emcees
September 7th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
how D_Block gonna front on BIG when you swagger jacked his body type
September 7th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
Dewill Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Say u wouldn’t sleep in that… Wake up and do it all over again..
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i53.tinypic.com/3531pu0.jpg
i55.tinypic.com/723k7r.jpg
^
im REAL tired of this bitch… like for real…
i would indeed to a handstand in that bitch though… i would angry fuck her.. and then donkey punch her for the finisher…
i really dont like her..
September 7th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
lol sounds like ppl gettin ill and disgusting mixed up
@Jihad – i aint kno u rhyme? send me some of ur music to ericjr1@yahoo. com
September 7th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
I did real joints with BIG, no made up shits…
September 7th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
biggie didnt say ill shit really
^^
I don’t understand this statment.
“When I die, fuck it, I wanna go to Hell…”
“UPS is hiring.”
“…it aint nothing, they know I be handling, with the Mac, in the Ac door paneling…”
“unless it smells like sanitation”
I could go on all day. These were just the first things that occurred to me.
September 7th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
Remixznflow Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
Dewill Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Say u wouldn’t sleep in that… Wake up and do it all over again..
i52.tinypic.com/2njgk69.jpg
i53.tinypic.com/3531pu0.jpg
i55.tinypic.com/723k7r.jpg
^
im REAL tired of this bitch… like for real…
i would indeed to a handstand in that bitch though… i would angry fuck her.. and then donkey punch her for the finisher…
i really dont like her..
^ who is the broad are these sfw?
September 7th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Beezy Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
BIG > Jay
by far
^^
Who is to say BIG wouldn’t have fallen off.
As it stands Jay has more great songs than BIG, by no fault of his own.
just a thought.
September 7th, 2010 at 1:11 pm
^ who is the broad are these sfw?
^yeah.. they safe…
something about her pisses me off…
its like she’s so full of the devil.. .everything evil is in her smile.. and hell is in her vagina…
the very image of her bothers my spirit…
September 7th, 2010 at 1:11 pm
BIG also didnt turn his back on and fuck over everyone in his life to be a success
September 7th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
I mean, real rap, Nas is the best writer. BIG had the most raw talent. And Pac was the most influential. But CamelGoat earned the title of #1. He EARNED it. Dropping an album every year? Unprecedented for a rapper of his caliber, still. He truly is the MJ of rap. He made himself the best thru sheer willpower. I gotta acknowledge and respect that.
^
umm. FOH.
Camel rose to greatness thanks largely to the murder of two greats, incremental style jacking of other more creative artists, and business acumen/skullduggery.
September 7th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
maching gun funk>>.
September 7th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
ANNND the debate has begun…
*sends virus to D_Blocks inbox (nh)*
September 7th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
# cOLD Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
maching gun funk>>.
^
agreed
September 7th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
Free J Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
lol sounds like ppl gettin ill and disgusting mixed up
@Jihad – i aint kno u rhyme? send me some of ur music to ericjr1@yahoo. com
^^
*Daps Free*
*Sends*
*Vanishes to Gym*
JihaD
September 7th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
BIG didnt take beats, hooks and songs from other rappers and artists because he was creatively deficient
September 7th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
^ who is the broad are these sfw?
^yeah.. they safe…
something about her pisses me off…
its like she’s so full of the devil.. .everything evil is in her smile.. and hell is in her vagina…
the very image of her bothers my spirit…
^ this is odd, these are all traits I adore, *shrugs*
September 7th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
I don’t understand this statment.
“When I die, fuck it, I wanna go to Hell…”
“UPS is hiring.”
“…it aint nothing, they know I be handling, with the Mac, in the Ac door paneling…”
“unless it smells like sanitation”
I could go on all day. These were just the first things that occurred to me.
^
i said that about BIG in comparison to Nas, namely Illmatic as compared to RTD. If you’re talking just pure lyrics, Nas on Illmatic is eons away from BIG.
What I meant by the statement was, BIG had punchlines, sure, but what he really did was reinvent rapping itself. How to ride a beat, how to dominate a beat, i think that’s what really made him special and set him apart.
September 7th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
BIG fucked street whores and made them famous rappers, Jay-Z fucked street whores who made him a famous rapper
September 7th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
^ this is odd, these are all traits I adore, *shrugs*
^LOL… enjoy then…
September 7th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
umm. FOH.
^*fucking dead*
September 7th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
this broad is so overrated
tinyurl.com/2fryhpn
September 7th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
jay sounded like bigs lil brother on brooklyns finest
big>>
September 7th, 2010 at 1:17 pm
# landlord Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
this broad is so overrated
tinyurl.com/2fryhpn
^
looks like any one of them chicks you find at the strip club… or a back alley…
i couldnt pick rihanna out of a line of women at the club locally… FACT
September 7th, 2010 at 1:17 pm
Camel rose to greatness thanks largely to the murder of two greats,
^^
I don’t hold that against him, just like I dont hold dying against BIG and Pac in discussion of their respective legacies.
incremental style jacking of other more creative artists
^^
True, but alot the greats do this. From Marvin riffing off Stevie, to Luther riffing off Teddy. It is what it is.
and business acumen/skullduggery.
^^
Not an issue to me.
September 7th, 2010 at 1:18 pm
What I meant by the statement was, BIG had punchlines, sure, but what he really did was reinvent rapping itself. How to ride a beat, how to dominate a beat, i think that’s what really made him special and set him apart.
^^
You right. I couldnt agree more.
September 7th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
i said that about BIG in comparison to Nas, namely Illmatic as compared to RTD. If you’re talking just pure lyrics, Nas on Illmatic is eons away from BIG.
^BIG kinda hinted toward this when he said he thought Nas was going to win that source award.
September 7th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
Camel killt the fatboy on Brooklyns Finest..
i thought this was overstood
September 7th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
lol sounds like ppl gettin ill and disgusting mixed up
^ do your history, they are essentially the same thing. Disgustingly ILL. The Dirtier the most politically incorrect shit you can thing off, to describe your mentallity at the time…
waving automatic guns at nuns>>
September 7th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Remixznflow Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 1:17 pm
# landlord Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
this broad is so overrated
tinyurl.com/2fryhpn
^
looks like any one of them chicks you find at the strip club… or a back alley…
i couldnt pick rihanna out of a line of women at the club locally… FACT
^^^^
This is true…but she is still a very noble candidate for of my very elite handstand treatment club…
September 7th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
how does Luther rip off Teddy?
there’s zero similarities there…
September 7th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
^what?!? for real?!?
^^
Who else? Nas and Kanye are on a 18 month/2 year cycle. Pac dropped two albums in a year, but that’s only because Suge had a gun (literally) to his head. Em tried and couldnt maintain the quality. Rakim did it…for two albums, same as Kane. I could go on…
September 7th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Tyra Banks (still) > Rihanna
September 7th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
b-ease Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
biggie didnt say ill shit really
^^
I don’t understand this statment.
“When I die, fuck it, I wanna go to Hell…”
“UPS is hiring.”
“…it aint nothing, they know I be handling, with the Mac, in the Ac door paneling…”
“unless it smells like sanitation”
I could go on all day. These were just the first things that occurred to me.
^^^
*Ninja Rolls back in*
Go listen to “Gimme The Loot” again and tell me Big didn’t say anything ill… You gotta be outta your fucking mind…
” Gimme the baby rings and the #1 Mom Pendant”
Matter fact, this nigga said
Biggie Smalls is the wickedest/ Niggas think I’m pussy, I dare you to stick your dick in this/ If I was pussy I be filled will syphillis, herpes, ghonnarea, Chalymida/ Getting rid of ya/ Got it locked like the penatintery, Nigga mention me for MC excecutions/ Who ya choosing? The wack MC , or the Black Fat MC/ Jack Dempsey would start shaking, All its taking/ is some marjiuana and I’m making/ MCs Break Fast like Flap Jacks and Bacon…
this nigga said:
Turn to page 666/ Holucoust Big The Merciless …
FOH…
JihaD
September 7th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
This is true…but she is still a very noble candidate for of my very elite handstand treatment club…
———–
be careful… Rihanna is like 6′ 6″ in AF1s
September 7th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
# landlord Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Tyra Banks (still) > Rihanna
^
Halle (still) > Rihanna
Chaka Khan (still) > Rihanna
September 7th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
Shoot your daughter in the calf muscle
Fuck a tussle, nickel-plated
Sprinkle coke on the floor, make it drug related
Most hate it..
^
ill
September 7th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
how does Luther rip off Teddy?
there’s zero similarities there…
^^
You don’t think? To me, Teddy was the blueprint for the midnite groove/non-disco era of R&B that the early 80s became. Technical skill without being too showy, and I “Somebody Loves You Back” is mad similar to “Never Too Much” to me. Not to mention they were both closeted gays, lol.
September 7th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
BIG kinda hinted toward this when he said he thought Nas was going to win that source award.
^ also his album cover was very telling.
“niggas bit…. NIGGAS BIT off’a Nas shit”
caught his lil album cover n’shit…
September 7th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
GZA > Biggie
September 7th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
Chaka Khan (still) > Rihanna
^^
Oh hell yea. I pride myself on knowing what good pussy looks like, and Chaka got that FIRE.
September 7th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Golden Armz > Biggie
September 7th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
“niggas bit…. NIGGAS BIT off’a Nas shit”
caught his lil album cover n’shit…
^^
True. And BIG also ran with the whole mafioso persona that Wu created. But the thing is, he made it commercially viable without compromising its artistic integrity. That’s impressive to me.
September 7th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
b-ease Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 1:18 pm
What I meant by the statement was, BIG had punchlines, sure, but what he really did was reinvent rapping itself. How to ride a beat, how to dominate a beat, i think that’s what really made him special and set him apart.
^^
You right. I couldnt agree more.
^^^
yup
Bigs flow/delivery
September 7th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
GZA > Biggie
^The funny thing is, people assume BIG, Jay, and Nas have to be in everybody’s top five and that’s not the case.
September 7th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Teddy screamed and grunted and was overtly sexual and aggressive with his crooning..
Luther Vandross a a male Dionne Warwick, whispering and balladeering, and using classical chord progressions and whatnot..
Teddy Pendergrass was raw soul/gospel/emotion …
Luther Vandross was classically refined subtlety…
teddy = James Brown
Luther = Nat king Cole
September 7th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Tyra Banks (still) > Rihanna
^^
Tyra is maaaaaaad underrated. She’s one of the baddest, but no one every says it. Did yall see shorty’s body in Higher Learning?? Jesus Christ. Fuck a forehead, I’d let her sit on my face after she ran a marathon, no shower.
September 7th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
cOLD Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Golden Armz > Biggie
^^
*is mad conflicted*
*takes a shot of Jack Daniels*
*says “fuck it” and hooks off on cOLD*
We’ll be cool again tomorrow, lol.
September 7th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
hl Says:
September 7th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
GZA > Biggie
^The funny thing is, people assume BIG, Jay, and Nas have to be in everybody’s top five and that’s not the case.
^^^
Jay aint in mine
and Gza is ill (nhjic). this is undebatable to me (keywords, to me)
i say half of the Wu is top tier, but then get shot down since Rae got the one flow, and Meth not having strong enough albums of his own allegedly.
September 7th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
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